Double Trouble Birthday Party

This morning, Collin and I went to Hannah (4) and Hayden's (2) birthday party. Before we could get out of the car, Collin was excitedly pointing at the huge Jumpolene in the driveway. There were a few big kids in there already so I held Collin outside so he could watch. He wanted in the Jumpolene really bad so I took his shoes off and put him inside. He just sat there for a few minutes watching all of the older kids jump around. He did not want to come back out though. He eventually started moving around and having a good time.


When it was time for lunch, we had pizza. Collin has had pizza before but after daddy or I have pulled it apart into bite size pieces. Collin noticed the others eating their slice of pizza and wanted to do it like the other kids. He ended up eating a whole slice of pizza one bite at a time as he held it himself. Most of that time though, he was looking towards the front door because he wanted to go back outside to jump..... or crawl around in his case.


The birthday party had a Safari theme where the kids would search for the different toy animals on their Safari passport (a paper passport with pictures of the animals). They all started with a Safari hat and binoculars so they could hunt for animals. Here Collin is "hunting". He did not find any of the animals because he was not as fast as the other kids and he was more interested in getting to the top of the playground equipment in the backyard.



He watched the kids climbed up the ladder and he eventually tried it himself when most of the kids went inside for cake. He did not want to go inside so we stayed outside and played. He did climb the ladder several times and played with the wheel at the top (he still likes those wheels). There was also a slide at the top but he was not interested in going down it. He would sit at the top of the slide and look down. I was not going to force him to do it wondering if he remembered the last time he used a slide. He did reach out to my hand and let me guide him down the slide. He was cool with it after that.

He feel asleep on the 10-minute drive home. I am sure he was tired from all of the fun activities this morning.